Walter C. Scott Jr., the singer and co-founder of the R&B group The Whispers — along with his identical twin brother Wallace Scott “Scotty” — has died, a rep for Scott said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. He was 81.

Walter Scott Jr., a founding member of the iconic R&B group The Whispers, died after his six-month-long battle with cancer on Thursday. He was 81 years old. Scott was surrounded by his loved ones in Northridge, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, when he died, according to the Los Angeles Sentinel.

Walter Scott Jr, who led R&B group the Whispers as a vocalist with his twin "Scotty," died Thursday. He was 81.